Well said Waudo i second you totally. Matatu is the epitome of impunity in our great republic.<div><br></div><div>My three cents<br><div><br><div>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM, waudo siganga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">emailsignet@mailcan.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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people should not forget that the public transport system in Nairobi at one time after independence upto mid-1970s worked very well. Kenya Bus Services was run by the NCC with some private sector equity and the colonists left it with a monopoly in Nairobi. Buses were so efficient and reliable one could set their watch using then. Ramshackles were not allowed in the city. In the early 70s a presidential roadside declaration opened the way for the matatu chaos, the so-called "matunda ya Uhuru". KBS collapsed. I suggest that it is easier and cheaper to study the Nairobi of yore than going to Bogota. Another example - the way the public transport runs in Geneva today has an uncanny resenblance to that of Nairobi of those days.</div>
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A related problem that needs to be resolved concurrently is generally poor and unmaintained roads. It is said that in the colonial days a single pothole receiving to attention was enough to get someone sacked.</div>
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On Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:33 PM, "Grace Githaiga" <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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In addition to man and woman hours wasted in traffic, the expoitation of commuters by Matatus is sickening. I have just learnt from one of my facebook friends that there was traffic on Thika Road in the evening near Muthaiga, and they had to pay Kes 150 to Kasarani. Dont Kenyas need proper and just fares? Seriously....<br>
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov <a href="tel:2011%2023" value="+254201123" target="_blank">2011 23</a>:19:58 +0300<br>
Subject: Re: How to fix public transport<br>
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That is what frustrates me the most.<br>
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Everyone has overtaken us, starting from the Koreans who came here in the 60s to learn from us to the Rwandans who are overtaking us in leaps and bounds.<br>
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What use are blueprints and manifestos and plans if we never execute?<br>
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If we calculated how many man hours are wasted in commutes to and from work a day that figure would be staggering.<br>
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On Thursday, November 10, 2011, Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thanks Rad for the link. I must say that the case of Bogota is not new to the Kenya government. A couple of years ago after the Michuki rules were in place, I bumped onto the then PS for Transport Gerishon Ikiara with a team from the Ministry. They were in Bogo (as the locals fondly call this city) to study the transport system. Having been a student of Ikiara and knowing how serious he can be, I imagine his team must have made recommendations that 'someone' or 'some people' were simply not interested for reasons known to many Kenyans. Dont forget we had a Minister of Transport who admitted to having a stake in the Matatu business. There must be political will...<br>
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> Date: Thu, 10 Nov <a href="tel:2011%2021" value="+254201121" target="_blank">2011 21</a>:36:19 +0300<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com" target="_blank">conradakunga@gmail.com</a><br>
> Subject: [kictanet] How to fix public transport<br>
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> I have just run across an analysis of how to fix the public transport sector that encourages quite some food for thought.<br>
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> Such are the things that we need to fix for Vision 2030 to have a chance of working<br>
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> <a href="http://sufuriaeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/11/sufuria-solutions-smooth-matatu.html" target="_blank">http://sufuriaeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/11/sufuria-solutions-smooth-matatu.html</a><br>
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